Ok, These are the facts of the case:
1. "Skip" Gates is a distinguished professor from Harvard. He specialises in African-American studies, and is a popular face on media.
2. Gates is a refined gentleman, known to his friends as a quiet, friendly guy. Someone who can't be missed to be a burglar (in the least)

3. Sgt Crowley on the other hand is another distinguished. Policeman with the force for 11 years. Crowley has taught racial profiling in police academy and is known in his circles as the most dependable guy. Definitely not the rogue police you would see in mississippi movies.

4. The most important fact : Gates is black, and Crowley is white.

5. Gates returns from China, and on returning to his home in Cambridge, is unable to enter his house. The cab driver helps him pushing the door open, and he enters.

6. A woman sees this, suspects that the two men are breaking in, calls hte police, and Crowley gets dispatched to the scene. On entering the premises, he asks for identification. Gates gets abusive. Asking Crowley, if he was being treated so because he was a black man, and he a white policeman. Crowley asks Gates to step outside his house, because he is unable to speak over his phone in the kitchen with Gates shouting at the top of his voice.

7. Crowley warns Gates to take it easy ... Gates is outraged. Next thing we know, Crowley handcuffs Gates and is charged with creating nuisance.


A huge row breaks out in the US over racism. over a "black guy getting arrested for entering his own house"


My take : This is the silliest of cases which has brought back the racial discrimination to the forefront. I am completely with Sgt Crowley on this one. He did nothing wrong.

On the other hand, it should have been Skip Gates who should have been charged with racial behaviour, (besides being charged for creating nuisance)

Matters dont get sorted so easily here. Obama jumped fray, and called the police dept "stipud" in arresting a black person in his own home. This is the first time that I am not taking sides with Obama. Obama is clearly wrong. He is acting more like a black man, than the smart president of United States that he is. I am pretty sure, this is going to loose him a few browny points with the white men folk in general. Taking sides against a cop is surest path to political disaster. An extremely disciplined, honest, honourable cop in this case.

May common sense prevail.